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you gotta taste this soup. >>> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. this is not good for our country. it's as simple auts that and th president wants it. >> republicans act like they have a strong card to play with the so-called fiscal cliff. but who are they snoolg according to a new poll, 60% of americans are in favor of letting the bush tax cuts for the super rich expire. now with members of speaker boehner's own caucus desserting him, the republican goose may well be cooked in time for christmas. let's bring in peter welsh. good afternoon. here's more from speaker boehner at his press conference earlier. >> you know me, i was born with the glass half full. i'm an optimist. >> reporter: as far as spending cuts go, what specific cuts would you like to see? what programs? >> well, again, we'll have that conversation with the president. we don't need to have it here. thanks, everybody. >> congressman, it sounds like mr. boehner had the stuffing knocked out of him. when it comes to specifics it sounds like the romney campaign, what, 18.
you gotta taste this soup. >>> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. this is not good for our country. it's as simple auts that and th president wants it. >> republicans act like they have a strong card to play with the so-called fiscal cliff. but who are they snoolg according to a new poll, 60% of americans are in favor of letting the bush tax cuts for the super rich expire. now with members of speaker boehner's own caucus...
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at the same time the president has said he will not go over the fiscal cliff. he has seemed to sort of say -- it's sort of a passive agreement perhaps that is not a good idea to go over the fiscal cliff. is this an example of democrats playing good cop/bad cop? >> what we are all saying is, it's not a good idea to go over the fiscal cliff. no one wants to see that happen. it is a bad idea. but a worse idea is to accept a compromise that allows the wealthy americans to continue to not pay their fair share because the result of that will be middle-class families will bear the entire burden of the challenges that this country faces. and that's not fair or responsible. so, if they don't agree to allow the extension of the tax cuts to go back to the clinton era for the top 2%, and we can't get an agreement and go off the fiscal cliff, then on january 1st we have a different scenario here. anything will be a tax cut and the reason that's important is apparently this grover norquist pledge has kept republicans consistently from being able to say we will put these -- t
at the same time the president has said he will not go over the fiscal cliff. he has seemed to sort of say -- it's sort of a passive agreement perhaps that is not a good idea to go over the fiscal cliff. is this an example of democrats playing good cop/bad cop? >> what we are all saying is, it's not a good idea to go over the fiscal cliff. no one wants to see that happen. it is a bad idea. but a worse idea is to accept a compromise that allows the wealthy americans to continue to not pay...
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reporter: the reality of the fiscal cliff, could you have to cut jobs? >> yes. we are worried about that. if production has to slow down and the orders stop coming in from people not spending the extra money for our products, yes. >> reporter: do you have any idea, any indication of what will -- will determine that? what percentage you could be looking at? >> at this time, no. we will just have to watch it closely, come january. you know, we are in the holiday season now, which is a very busy time for us. but after that, i we will have to watch it closely and see where we go. we don't want to lose any of our 116 employees because we value them greatly. >> coming up, how is the fiscal cliff like a horror movie? the answer, coming up next. two years ago, the people of bp made a commitment to the gulf. bp has paid over twenty-three billion dollars to help those affected and to cover cleanup costs. today, the beaches and gulf are open, and many areas are reporting their best tourism seasons in years. d bp's also committed to america. we support nearly 250,00
reporter: the reality of the fiscal cliff, could you have to cut jobs? >> yes. we are worried about that. if production has to slow down and the orders stop coming in from people not spending the extra money for our products, yes. >> reporter: do you have any idea, any indication of what will -- will determine that? what percentage you could be looking at? >> at this time, no. we will just have to watch it closely, come january. you know, we are in the holiday season now,...
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." ♪ ♪ >> dana: congress 35 days to reach a deal and prevent the economy going over the fiscal cliff. no mystery what the issues are that must be reed. the democrats know, republicans know and so does president obama. entitlements are pushing the country toward financial ruin. here is what the president said in 2010. >> the major driver of the long-term liabilities is medicare, medicaid and healthcare spending. nothing comes close. social security we could probably fix the same way tip o'neil and ronald reagan sat down together and we could figure something out. that is manageable. medicare and medicaid, massive problems down the road. that's where, that is what our children have to worry about. >> dana: here we are, two years later and still no plan. on the left in congress refusing to deal with that simple reality. vermont senator bernie sanders caucuses with the democrats. take a listen. >> i get nervous when i hear the president and others continue to talk about quote/unquote, entitlement reform. which is just another cut for medicaid and medicare and social security. >> eric: bri
." ♪ ♪ >> dana: congress 35 days to reach a deal and prevent the economy going over the fiscal cliff. no mystery what the issues are that must be reed. the democrats know, republicans know and so does president obama. entitlements are pushing the country toward financial ruin. here is what the president said in 2010. >> the major driver of the long-term liabilities is medicare, medicaid and healthcare spending. nothing comes close. social security we could probably fix the...
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. >> david cay, let's talk about the fiscal cliff negotiation. what if we do not get a deal? what does that do to the economy? all taxes are going to be going up. going to be $4 trillion in the economy. that would fix a lot of stuff. but obviously the concern is we may fall into a deep recession. what's your take on all that? >> people's paychecks will immediately experience -- they will be a little smaller. 2 percentage points more and your tax cut will be higher. but congress can change the tax law. remember, the republicans themselves did this when they raised taxes on teenagers who work six years ago. so the immediate effect is less than the boogeyman effect. the thing to watch for is do the democrats and president obama hold firm or do they betray the people who put them in office? >> would it be a betrayal at this point, do you think? >> if we come up with a gimmick that really makes the tax burden not fall on the very wealthiest of people. but on upper middle class americans and middle class americans, that would be something of a betrayal, yes. >> what does this do to
. >> david cay, let's talk about the fiscal cliff negotiation. what if we do not get a deal? what does that do to the economy? all taxes are going to be going up. going to be $4 trillion in the economy. that would fix a lot of stuff. but obviously the concern is we may fall into a deep recession. what's your take on all that? >> people's paychecks will immediately experience -- they will be a little smaller. 2 percentage points more and your tax cut will be higher. but congress can...
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if we go off the fiscal cliff, a key point they say consumer spending would take a $200 billion hit next year. is there a growing sense, though, dana, that going off the cliff would be preferable to caving on issues that are important frankly to both sides? >> certainly the extremes on both sides are saying that it may be preferable. it is entirely possible that that's what will happen. sort of like those discussions of can we survive, you know, the nuclear winter. it is -- the good news is that a deal is fairly obvious what needs to be put into it. it's just a question of when the political will comes together. it can be done very quickly if people are willing to, but it does seem as if they are now preparing for the blame game that follows with the assumption that they're going off the fiscal cliff with whatever economic calamity comes with it. >> i want to bring in congressman peter defazio, a democrat from oregon. good morning. >> good morning. >> you're one of the folks who have said, correct me if i'm wrong, that republicans won't accept tax hikes for wealthy and we might as w
if we go off the fiscal cliff, a key point they say consumer spending would take a $200 billion hit next year. is there a growing sense, though, dana, that going off the cliff would be preferable to caving on issues that are important frankly to both sides? >> certainly the extremes on both sides are saying that it may be preferable. it is entirely possible that that's what will happen. sort of like those discussions of can we survive, you know, the nuclear winter. it is -- the good news...
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fiscal cliff negotiations in washington and health of the u.s. economy and the health of your housing investment is recovering in much of the country. new home sales numbers come out today. we learned yesterday that home prices posted their biggest gains in more than two years in the third quarter according to s&p/case-shiller. top five cities showing the strongest gains. in phoenix, up more than 20%. in minneapolis, about 9%. losing some traction, new york and chicago. >>> chevy spark and sonic rs models will come complete about apple siri system built into the cars. general motors announced that this week at the auto show. voice-activated system called eyes free, make calls, texting, listen to your calendar appointments and itunes library all while you're driving. >>> holiday air fare expected to go up 8% compared to last year according to the travel site orbitz. the earlier you book, the better. >> to put all of these together, does that mean you can now ask your car, do you know the way to san jose? >> way to go. >> is that right? to pull all
fiscal cliff negotiations in washington and health of the u.s. economy and the health of your housing investment is recovering in much of the country. new home sales numbers come out today. we learned yesterday that home prices posted their biggest gains in more than two years in the third quarter according to s&p/case-shiller. top five cities showing the strongest gains. in phoenix, up more than 20%. in minneapolis, about 9%. losing some traction, new york and chicago. >>> chevy...
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the president's only solution to solve our fiscal cliff issue is to raise taxes. in 2010, we had the same debate. the president said you shouldn't raise taxes in the middle of a weak economy. at the time economic growth was 2.4 through the first three- quarters. this year, 2012, that same number is 1.8%. the economy is weaker and slower today than it was in 2010 when the president said you shouldn't raise taxes in the middle of a weak economy. we believe that the president has to lead on this issue. it can't be about raising taxes on people who create jobs in this economy if it is about jobs and the economy. and we all know what drives federal spending in this country is the entitlement programs. and we have seen no proposal from the president when it comes to reforming entitlement programs and getting them on a sustainable path. there is a solution out there, but so far, the president's only solution is to raise taxes on the very people that we're looking to to lead us out of this economic slowdown that we're in and cost us hundreds of thousands of jobs at the sa
the president's only solution to solve our fiscal cliff issue is to raise taxes. in 2010, we had the same debate. the president said you shouldn't raise taxes in the middle of a weak economy. at the time economic growth was 2.4 through the first three- quarters. this year, 2012, that same number is 1.8%. the economy is weaker and slower today than it was in 2010 when the president said you shouldn't raise taxes in the middle of a weak economy. we believe that the president has to lead on this...
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in going over the fiscal cliff it will hurt the economy and hurt job creation in our country. republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. it's one reason why we believe that we put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts to avert this crisis. we believe that this fits the president's request for a balanced approach to this issue. we're going to continue to work with the president to try to resolve this in a way that is fair for the american people. we all know that we've had this spending crisis coming at us like a freight train. and it has to be dealt with. and in order to try to come to an agreement, republicans are willing to put revenue on the table but it's time for the president and democrats to get serious about the spending problems that our country has. but i'm going optimistic that we can continue to work together to avert this crisis and sooner rather than later. >> good morning. you know, i was heartened to see that last week the president's chief p
in going over the fiscal cliff it will hurt the economy and hurt job creation in our country. republicans are committed to continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. it's one reason why we believe that we put revenue on the table as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts to avert this crisis. we believe that this fits the president's request for a balanced approach to this issue. we're going to continue to work with the...
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. >> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. republicans are committed to counting t continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. that's one reason why we believe we put revenue on the table, as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts to avert this crisis. we believe that this -- this fits the president's request for a balanced approach to this issue, and we're going to continue to work with the president to try too resolve this in a way that is fair for the american people. we all know that we've had this spending crisis coming at us like a freight train, and it has to be dealt with, and in order to try to come to an agreement republicans are willing to put revenue on the table, but it's time for the president and democrats to get serious about the spending problem that our country has. but i'm optimistic that we can continue to work together to avert this dry sis, and sooner rather than later. >> good morning. you know i was heartened to say that last week the pre
. >> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. republicans are committed to counting t continuing to work with the president to come to an agreement to avert the so-called fiscal cliff. that's one reason why we believe we put revenue on the table, as long as it's accompanied by serious spending cuts to avert this crisis. we believe that this -- this fits the president's request for a balanced approach to this issue, and we're going to continue...
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one would think that the fiscal cliff itself, it's a man-made crisis and good enough. maybe it needs to go further than that. you need to see markets tank and need to see the economy plummet and then say we tried and we have to give in on that. that's an awfully dangerous game to play. >> that's sad. >> dana, we have word that mitt romney is going to the white house tomorrow. oh, to be a fly on the wall over there. what do you expect that meeting to sound like? >> awkward. >> is this for show? because obama basically said that he would or do you really expect this to be a meeting of the minds and actual sort of agenda to come out of it? >> yeah. well, the white house announcement is terrific. it said it's a private meeting in the private dining room and no press. >> right. >> very clear that they won't want anything to come out of it. i suspect it will be one of those photo releases of them strolling down the colonnade or something looking like good friends. >> that's what i thought. >> this is a requirement. they agreed to do it. neither one particularly likes the oth
one would think that the fiscal cliff itself, it's a man-made crisis and good enough. maybe it needs to go further than that. you need to see markets tank and need to see the economy plummet and then say we tried and we have to give in on that. that's an awfully dangerous game to play. >> that's sad. >> dana, we have word that mitt romney is going to the white house tomorrow. oh, to be a fly on the wall over there. what do you expect that meeting to sound like? >> awkward....
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house ally, nglinois senator dick durbin argued against using fiscal cliff pressures to scale back paidare and medicaid benefits. >> these are people that have paid in over a lifetime into protectecurity and medicare and fully expect the protection bech they've invested in to be that'snd it has to be there. republicans anyblicans are demanding in any fiscal cliff deal. o raisew never to raise taxes on the w o entitlement programs now gobbling up more than 60% of annual federal spending. that means the white house to dough if i liberal democrats or >> the p enrage republicans. ted to thesident is very committed to the proposition itht we can deal with these challenges if we come together oach.dopt a balanced approach. >> i may sound glib what i'm about to say but this white house is really serious about an issuewhen it goes to twitter. anew white house hash tag on preserving the middle class tax preserving. that's $2,000, average amount that taxes would rise if the bush era texas cuts are not ttended. eek white house plans to hammer its issue all week, believing it will increase its leverag
house ally, nglinois senator dick durbin argued against using fiscal cliff pressures to scale back paidare and medicaid benefits. >> these are people that have paid in over a lifetime into protectecurity and medicare and fully expect the protection bech they've invested in to be that'snd it has to be there. republicans anyblicans are demanding in any fiscal cliff deal. o raisew never to raise taxes on the w o entitlement programs now gobbling up more than 60% of annual federal spending....
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that would occur if we went off the cliff and stayed off the cliff. john boehner recognizes that the fiscal cliff is the president's leverage, but boehner believes he has leverage, too. politico reported this morning president barack obama made a demand of how john boehner near the end of their first white house meeting on the fiscal cliff, raised the debt limit before year's end. boehner responded, quote, there is a price for everything. boehner told president obama at the white house that the debt limit increase is quote my leverage. although he added that he's flexible on when it should be done. senator durbin said today that raising the debt ceiling must be part of any deal with republicans. >> i also think that the president isn't going to sign off on any agreement that doesn't include some certainty as to budgets, appropriations, dealing with our debt ceiling. we're not going to find ourselves with some big party celebrating in february and then turn around and march and have another doomsday scenario with the debt ceiling. >> the man who until
that would occur if we went off the cliff and stayed off the cliff. john boehner recognizes that the fiscal cliff is the president's leverage, but boehner believes he has leverage, too. politico reported this morning president barack obama made a demand of how john boehner near the end of their first white house meeting on the fiscal cliff, raised the debt limit before year's end. boehner responded, quote, there is a price for everything. boehner told president obama at the white house that the...
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cliff which is if you don't deal with those tax changes in short term. then you go off the cliff. and that could have a strong impact on the economy meaning the white house believes there will be a political backlash against republicans if the president can blame them for going over the cliff and holding out. we'll see, there may be republicans like john boehner and eric cantor say we are not going to give in and maybe we'll go off the deliver. earlier todayers ski today -- es said there is a chance we are going over the cliff. that can rattle markets. megyn: a new piece of polling from rasmussen reports suggests that half -- suggests a growing number of americans are worried the economy will be worse off a year from now. 50% express that concern. that, 27% increase from october. just 34% think the economy will be stronger. that pop comes as one of the writers at "forbes" magazine identified a phenomenon called the death spiral states. these are 11 states where private sector workers are outnumbered by people dependent on the government. if you plan on b
cliff which is if you don't deal with those tax changes in short term. then you go off the cliff. and that could have a strong impact on the economy meaning the white house believes there will be a political backlash against republicans if the president can blame them for going over the cliff and holding out. we'll see, there may be republicans like john boehner and eric cantor say we are not going to give in and maybe we'll go off the deliver. earlier todayers ski today -- es said there is a...
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. >> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. this is not good for our country. as simple as that and the president understands it. >> they're saying president needs to get in there, needs to negotiate with democrats into line if necessary. is that not happening. are you hearing congresswoman schwartz, from the president as all? >> let me say the administration is keenly interested in working with the senate and the house to get this done. the fact that the president is out and sulactually out in my district on friday morning talking to people what about is at stake for this country, for their families and the nation is something very important for him to be doing. always engaging the voters, the public is an important thing to do. and at the same time we should be and are having broad discussions about how we move forward. what we really need is we need republican leadership. just quoted them, mitch mcconnell and john boehner, to actually be sitting down and saying, look, there are places where we do agree. let's start where we
. >> going over the fiscal cliff will hurt our economy and hurt job creation in our country. this is not good for our country. as simple as that and the president understands it. >> they're saying president needs to get in there, needs to negotiate with democrats into line if necessary. is that not happening. are you hearing congresswoman schwartz, from the president as all? >> let me say the administration is keenly interested in working with the senate and the house to get...
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there is five weeks for lawmakers to agree to terms to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and tank our entire economy. according to the white house press secretary jay carney, the president has been doing some heavy lifting, too. >> the president is actively engaged in the numerous ways that i've already described in the meetings that he's already had and obviously in meetings with his team. so he is doing heavy lifting himself and will continue to do that. >> brian: our next guest has been an outspoken critic of president obama's leadership on budget negotiations and says stop wasting the money. we're joined by tom coburn, he's also an author. senator, do you have a sense that we're on a different path than the paths that led to us object live onover the last two, three, four years? do you think these negotiations could end up promising? >> well, i think the fact that you're not hearing any details is good. you don't hear people trying to manipulate the negotiations that are ongoing through the press or the media. so look, we're going to solve this problem one way or the other. we're
there is five weeks for lawmakers to agree to terms to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff and tank our entire economy. according to the white house press secretary jay carney, the president has been doing some heavy lifting, too. >> the president is actively engaged in the numerous ways that i've already described in the meetings that he's already had and obviously in meetings with his team. so he is doing heavy lifting himself and will continue to do that. >> brian: our next guest...
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caller: we keep talking about the fiscal cliff, and the 1% being taxed more, but do we not realize that the reason we have these tax umbrellas for the rich people is because they are the ones building hospitals, donating five. million dollars to keep from having to did it to uncle sam, -- $500 million to keep from having to give it did to uncle sam, so the speak? when you add obama-care to the small businesses, you are looking at 50% of those businesses going out of business because they could not afford obama-care if you have 10 in please, you know -- employees, you know? guest: is true that wealthy people have a big function in charitable giving, and that is why there is a concern about limiting deductions for charitable giving because there is a worry they will cut back on those deductions and that will hurt universities, hospitals and other charitable organizations. there are various ways to address that, including limiting reductions, but not getting rid of them. on the second question, it is also true that obama-care will impose some new burdens on businesses, but no data shows 50
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he is pushing his plan to try to avoid the year-end fiscal cliff. this speech comes ahead of a meeting between the president and business leaders later today discussing actions the white house says are aimed at growing the economy and finding a quote, balanced approach to reducing the nation's deficit. let's bring in our panel. mary katharine ham editor-at-large of hot air.com and fox news contributor. peter mirijanian former advisor to the clinton-gore and gore-lieberman campaigns. when the president arrives at the white house to speak, he will have people behind him, ordinary americans who reached out to the white house and want their $2,000 middle class tax cut preserved. republicans are saying this is essentially a campaign stunt, a campaign appearance kind of event of the he won the election. he should get on the business of governing. what do you say? >> well, one quick observation, jon. i think what you're seeing, what i think is interesting the first social media presidency. this administration using technology and using social media to adva
he is pushing his plan to try to avoid the year-end fiscal cliff. this speech comes ahead of a meeting between the president and business leaders later today discussing actions the white house says are aimed at growing the economy and finding a quote, balanced approach to reducing the nation's deficit. let's bring in our panel. mary katharine ham editor-at-large of hot air.com and fox news contributor. peter mirijanian former advisor to the clinton-gore and gore-lieberman campaigns. when the...
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cliff negotiations in washington, and the health of the u.s. economy. >> so let's talk about something that's good for us, right? and that's home prices. they are improving and recovering in much of the country. new home sales, those numbers come out today and we learned yesterday that home prices were up nationwide by 3.6% in the third quarter. this was according to a report by s&p case shiller. that's the biggest rise in more than two years. the cities with the strongest gains over the past year. home prices in phoenix up more than 20%. minneapolis, 9%. look at that, detroit, denver, dallas, tampa, there are only two big cities with homes losing value, just a smidge, new york, down 2%. chicago down about 1.5%. >> was that 20.4? where was that? >> phoenix. unbelievable. remember they had a huge decline, and now they're crawling out of the hole. you're seeing a lot of cash purchases and investor purchases in some of these places. some people, frankly, are, you know, they're buying up retirement -- their retirement home because they have the cas
cliff negotiations in washington, and the health of the u.s. economy. >> so let's talk about something that's good for us, right? and that's home prices. they are improving and recovering in much of the country. new home sales, those numbers come out today and we learned yesterday that home prices were up nationwide by 3.6% in the third quarter. this was according to a report by s&p case shiller. that's the biggest rise in more than two years. the cities with the strongest gains over...